Carrie + Andy | Romona Keveza Wedding by GenevieveLeiper

of Public Health, which is the court decision that legalized same sex marriage in Massachusettswhile we were both attending school there. Such a gorgeous wedding!

Wedding Dress:  Romona Keveza, L509 | Photography: Genevieve Leiper | Ceremony +Reception Venue: Walters Art Museum | Day of Coordination: Blue Canary Events | Floral Design:Connie Clark, Violet's Florist | Cake: Chef's Expressions | Paper Goods: Kindly RSVP Designs

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The Reception

We had a cocktail hour during which our 125 guests were allowed to visit some of the exhibits at themuseum that were kept open for our group (including the Egyptian room and a medieval armorexhibit.) We took 10 weeks of swing dancing lessons for our first dance to Social Distortion's cover ofthe Johnny Cash classic Ring of Fire. It describes the importance of the institution of civil marriage,which was important to us since our ceremony was not religious. For our recessional she played thetheme from Jurassic Park.

. Our cake had alternating layers of carrot cake and lemon cake with blueberry cream filling. Andywas raised Jewish and I was raised Unitarian Universalist, but we wanted a secular ceremony.Besides being exactly what I was looking for, it's also massively comfortable - the tulle skirt is solight, the natural waist is very forgiving (I wanted to EAT the food we spent so much time pickingout!!) and the top was very secure and flattering.

Why Carrie Decided to Sell Her Wedding Dress

If I could have found what I was looking for preowned I would have bought a secondhand dress in aheartbeat. I do NOT look good in strapless dresses! It was so frustrating! It's funny because one ofthe first stores I went to put me in a Romona Keveza and I was like OMG, this is perfect, but no wayam I paying that much for a wedding dress when there are a million dresses that look just like thisfor half the price! But in the end, it turned out that samples of those dresses were just not stockedanywhere, so I ended up buying a Legends by Romona Keveza dress at a trunk show. It was whitewith a purple swiss dot design to echo the point d'esprit lace on the skirt of my dress and our caketopper featured two Siamese cats with their tails twined into the shape of a heart in honor of our twocats, Raylan and Wampa.

How Carrie Felt in Her Wedding Dress

Pretty, pretty princess!

Carrie's Dress Search

I think I must have tried on 100 dresses at 20 stores over the course of seven months in fivedifferent states (MD, VA, DC, MA, NJ.) I saw plenty of dresses I liked in the wedding magazines, butthe stores were not carrying styles that I was interested in. Carrie and Andy had a ceremony thatwas packed full of different readings and traditions combining their two spiritual practices.

One of our readings was an excerpt from Goodridge v. Dept. We ended up using a UU minister asour "non-denominational interfaith officiant" and included UU traditions, like lighting a chalice andincluding a time for quiet meditation. We also incorporated Jewish traditions, including a chuppah,signing a secular ketubah, and stepping on the glass.Â

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Other notable facts - we each had 7 attendants! We had a harpist play before and during theceremony. Our pictures will last a lifetime, but I can't see myself wearing the dress again for anyreason. Everyone was impressed! We then had a traditional sit down dinner with an appetizer courseof Maryland crab soup paired with a spring salad and then a choice of Maryland rockfish or shortribs. It's a great dress and I would love for someone else to get some use out of it!

The Ceremony

Our ceremony was at the museum where we held the reception. We also added part of the oath ofoffice into our vows since we are both federal employees - we swore to defend each other against allenemies, foreign and domestic.

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Carrie + Andy | April 26, 2014 | Baltimore, Maryland | Dress Listing:Â Romona Keveza, L509

Today's wedding is a classic one full of beautiful details and touching moments. A beautiful array ofpurple shades lit up the ballroom reception, but nothing was as bright as the bride and groom'ssmiles